Author: Adam Horton
Winners of the 2018 Research & Creativity Expo
The Graduate School in partnership with the Office of Research & Economic Development is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo: Winners of these $1,000 awards are chosen in each category on the basis of clarity of communication to a non-specialized audience, effective presentation skills, content knowledge and creativity, […]
The 2017 Three Minute Thesis Winners
The final round for this year’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition was held on Thursday, November 9 at 2:30pm in the Virginia Dare room of the Alumni House. The challenge for these ten finalists was to convey the essence and importance of their master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation research in an engaging way to a […]
Steimle and Chastain Receive Graduate School Awards
The Graduate School recently presented the inaugural awards for the Outstanding Director of Graduate Study and the Outstanding Administrative Assistant this semester’s Directors of Graduate Study (DGS) luncheon. These two awards will now be presented annually to one faculty member and one staff member who have demonstrated outstanding work in their roles while working alongside […]
Joseph Mwangi Secures Funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Joseph Mwangi, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has secured a new funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) to support his research work. Last year, Joseph also won the Grand Prize for his research work at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) annual […]
Thesis and Dissertation by UNCG Grads Among the Top 25 Most Downloaded
Each month, ProQuest, which houses the world’s largest collection of dissertations and theses, publishes a list of the Top 25 most downloaded theses and dissertations. Two UNCG graduates from the Department of Consumer, Apparel, and Retails Studies have the honor of appearing on these lists. In the thesis category, Sasikarn Chatvijit Cook, recently held the […]
Outstanding Faculty Member and Graduate Students Recognized
As the semester draws to a close, The Graduate School is pleased to announce recipients of several awards, presented at ceremonies held this week. The Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award was presented at the 2017 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards Ceremony on May 2. This award acknowledges and honors a person who has enjoyed outstanding success […]
Winners of the 2017 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo
The Graduate School in partnership with the Office of Research & Economic Development is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo: Winners of these $1,000 awards are chosen in each category on the basis of clarity of communication to a non-specialized audience, effective presentation skills, content knowledge and creativity, […]
Doctoral Student Accepts Faculty Appointment at Swarthmore College
Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Quinn Morris, has recently accepted a faculty appointment at Swarthmore College. Morris is currently a Senior Teaching Assistant at UNCG and under the direction of Dr. Ratnasingham Shivaji, is researching nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations with particular emphasis on problems that involve nonlinear boundary conditions. Before […]
Wagoner Wins National Award for Doctoral Work
Recent PhD graduate, Dr. Kaira Wagoner, has been selected for a national award recognizing her doctoral work. She has been awarded the 2016 La Fage Award from the North American Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. A description of her award is below: The Jeffery P. La Fage Student Award […]
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Excellence Awards
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is delighted to announce the establishment of two departmental awards for graduate students: one for excellence in teaching and one for excellence in research. The inaugural recipients of these awards are Quinn Morris (teaching) and Byungjae Son (research). About the Awards Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award Presented to students […]